Quartzite,
Arizona
I seem to be failing in keeping up this
blog.
We have been in Quartzite since
December 27.
In the meantime we
- Collected a few gallons of agate and other rockhound goodies in the Wiley Well area. Still learning the off-road capabilities of the Subaru Forester. Elmer did some hikes of several miles. Both of us collected a few things each day on shorter walks in the adjacent wash (dry stream bed except during flash floods).
Celebrated Christmas at Wiley Well
including a potluck Christmas Day dinner with several others camping
there
- Put a new set of six tires on the motorhome enroute to Quartzite—feel much poorer but also much more secure
Settled into our new home at La Posa North in Quartzite, one of a dozen or more Long Term Visitor Areas operated in the SE California and SW Arizona desert. Our site is about a mile from the more congested area near the highway. We can see some neighbors a few hundred yards away. One can find plenty of places even more secluded. Mountains around us. Excellent view of beautiful sunsets and sunrises.
- Saw a bobcat trotting past our motorhome
- Have worshipped at the local Christian & Missionary Alliance church the past two Sundays. Makes First Baptist in Coos Bay look like a youth group! We are in a snowbird stronghold with gray-topseverywhere.
- Have gone on a rockhound / scenic drive with the church's Roadrunners group. Didn't find much but enjoyed meeting some new friends and further testing our Subaru Forester as an off-road jeep wannabe.
- Made a rockhound field trip on our own to a nearby site and after selecting only the best pieces came up with about half a gallon with some beautiful agate, jasper, chalcedony.
- Have made two trips to Parker (has a Wal-mart) even though Quartzite has added fast-food places and some variety in grocery stores since our visit about 7 years ago.
- Have begun to explore, shop, and even buy with the almost unlimited array of vendors in tents and stalls that make up Quartzite during the snowbird season. Anything and everything seems to be available.
QT dealing with 40+ morning temps in the motorhome Use a little ceramic heater with small propane bottle to warm up a bit first thing in the morning when its freezing outside and 45 degrees inside but usually, like right now, its 65-70 outside and some windows open to keep the motorhome from getting too hot inside. Sorry about the cold weather most of you are facing.
Wow! Far too much this time. I suppose
one answer would be to be more faithful in posting regularly.
